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According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin mining difficulty has been adjusted to 144.4 T, an increase of 15%, marking the largest percentage increase since 2021.Prior to this adjustment, mining difficulty had been reduced by 12% due to the impact of winter storms in the U.S. that forced miners to scale back operations. Currently, the total network hash rate for Bitcoin has rebounded to 1 ZH/s, while the price of Bitcoin has risen to around $67,000. Although the hash price is at a multi-year low of 23.9 PH/s, limiting miners' profit margins, large operators with low-cost energy are still actively mining. Among them, the mining operations in the United Arab Emirates hold approximately $344 million in unrealized profits. Additionally, some publicly listed mining companies are shifting their energy and computing power towards AI and high-performance computing data centers. For instance, Bitfarms (BITF) has announced a name change to downplay its Bitcoin identity and increase focus on AI infrastructure, while activist investor Starboard has urged Riot Platforms (RIOT) to further expand its AI data center business.

Bitcoin mining company Ionic Digital has released an unaudited mining and operational update report, disclosing a mining output of 34.68 BTC in January, a decrease of 7.1% compared to the previous month. Additionally, the company has not sold any Bitcoin, with the total Bitcoin holdings increasing to 2,754.8 BTC as of now.

According to Jinshi News, the US Dollar Index DXY has broken 98, with an intraday increase of 0.17%.

According to Jinshi News, "Fed's mouthpiece" Nick Timiraos predicts that the U.S. December PCE inflation (both core and overall) will increase by 0.37% month-on-month (annualized rate of 4.5%).This will raise the core PCE index annual rate to 3%, the highest level since February 2025. The overall PCE annual rate is expected to be 2.9%, the highest level since March 2024.

According to Decrypt, the Ethereum treasury company Sharplink announced that its Ethereum holdings have grown to approximately 867,000 ETH (worth about $1.68 billion), and by the end of 2025, the proportion of shares held by institutional investors has risen to 46%.Sharplink has updated its brand image, changing its name from Sharplink Gaming to Sharplink, and adopting "Ethereum with an edge" as its new slogan to better reflect its positioning in the treasury space. The company's CEO Joseph Chalom stated that Sharplink has staked nearly all of its Ethereum holdings to generate yield and emphasized the company's focus on disciplined execution and institutional-level risk management.Despite the price of Ethereum dropping over 60% since its peak last August, resulting in a paper loss of approximately $1.39 billion for Sharplink, the company remains focused on long-term value creation rather than aggressive asset accumulation strategies. Currently, Sharplink ranks second in Ethereum treasury holdings, only behind BitMine Immersion Technologies, which holds approximately $8.5 billion in Ethereum.

The CEO of Japan's Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet, Simon Gerovich, posted on the X platform in response to an anonymous account inciting public opinion without accountability and accusing the company of "dishonest information disclosure." He stated that the related claims are inconsistent with the facts, and both he and the company are willing to take public responsibility for all actions and statements. The company's long-term systematic strategy of increasing Bitcoin holdings remains unchanged.Simon Gerovich stated that over the past six months, against the backdrop of rising volatility, the company has increased its allocation to income-generating businesses by selling put options and employing spread strategies to obtain premiums, while allocating part of the funds for long-term Bitcoin holdings. All Bitcoin purchases are disclosed immediately after decisions are made, and all Bitcoin addresses of the company are public, allowing shareholders to view the holdings in real-time dashboards. In response to the accusation of "buying at high levels in September without disclosure," he mentioned that there were four purchases made in September, all of which were announced in a timely manner. The company's strategy is not about timing the market but rather about long-term, systematic accumulation of Bitcoin.Additionally, selling put options is not merely a bet on price increases, but rather a way to acquire Bitcoin at an effective cost below the spot price. Regular losses mainly stem from the unrealized fair value fluctuations of Bitcoin that are held long-term and not sold, and interpreting this as a strategic failure is a misunderstanding.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created address received 10,000 Ethereum from Kraken, worth approximately $19.57 million. The newly created address is suspected to belong to BitMine.

According to Cointelegraph, despite the overall decline in the cryptocurrency market and poor stock performance of treasury companies, the largest shareholder of Bitmine Immersion Technologies increased their investment in this Ethereum asset management company in the fourth quarter of 2025.According to the 13F form submitted to the SEC, Morgan Stanley, as the largest disclosed shareholder, increased its holdings by approximately 26% to over 12.1 million shares, with a market value of about $331 million at the end of the quarter. The second-largest shareholder, ARK Investment Management, increased its holdings by approximately 27% to over 9.4 million shares, with a market value of about $256 million.

According to HyperInsight monitoring, the wave giant has increased its leveraged BTC long position by 3 times to 49.08 coins, with an average entry price of $66,930.5, currently experiencing a slight floating loss.

According to CoinDesk, data from Deribit shows that as Bitcoin experiences a significant pullback to around the $66,000 range, the nominal value of $40,000 put options has reached approximately $490 million, highlighting an increased demand for hedging against downside risks in the market.Additionally, Bitcoin options with a nominal value of about $7.3 billion will expire at the end of this month, with $566 million accumulated at the $75,000 strike price, which is currently the "maximum pain point." Although the total number of call options still exceeds that of put options (63,547 call option contracts versus 45,914 put option contracts), the open interest ratio between the two stands at 0.72. However, the large put positions at lower strike prices indicate a clear demand for downside protection, as traders hedge against potential further declines while maintaining exposure to a rebound.

Aptos announced an update to the APT token economic model, shifting to a performance-driven token supply mechanism that links APT supply to the actual usage of the network. Specifically, this update includes the following seven items:Reduce staking reward rate and incentivize long-term stakers. The Aptos Foundation has proposed to lower the annual staking reward rate from 5.19% to 2.6%. Additionally, the Aptos Foundation is exploring a governance proposal to change the staking framework to better align incentives with long-term network participation.Increase Gas fees by 10 times. Aptos is currently one of the lowest-cost blockchains, and given the current transaction fees are so low, the Aptos Foundation will propose to increase Gas fees to 10 times the current amount through governance proposals. After the increase, the transfer fees for stablecoins on the network will still be as low as approximately $0.00014.Transaction utilization and fees. A new deflationary mechanism will be introduced through the decentralized exchange protocol Decibel on the Aptos chain, where high-frequency trading activities will significantly consume and destroy APT. Currently, all forms of transactions paid in APT on the network, or "gas fees," will be permanently destroyed. Decibel, incubated in collaboration with Aptos Labs and the Decibel Foundation, represents one of the first fully decentralized exchanges where all trading activities are executed on-chain: every order, match, and cancellation is executed on-chain. With 100% on-chain execution, the launch of Decibel's mainnet will greatly enhance the transaction throughput of the Aptos blockchain.Hard supply cap fixed at 2.1 billion APT. Once approved by the community, no new tokens will be minted beyond this cap.Foundation permanently locks 210 million APT. The Aptos Foundation will ensure that 210 million APT are locked and permanently staked in the network. These tokens will never be sold or distributed and will be permanently locked.Performance-linked grant issuance. In the future, the Aptos Foundation will primarily focus on providing future grants and rewards that will only be redeemed upon achieving key milestones related to Aptos's role as a "global transaction engine."Launch a programmatic buyback plan. The Aptos Foundation has committed to exploring a protocol buyback plan or reserve that will programmatically buy back APT on the open market based on market opportunities.

Eric Trump stated in an interview with CNBC at the World Liberty Forum that, based on the historical average annual increase of 70%, Bitcoin will reach $1 million.In addition, Eric Trump emphasized that the Trump family's crypto project serves the "most pro-crypto president," promoting deregulation and innovation.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, BitMine purchased 15,000 ETH (approximately 29.57 million USD) from FalconX 8 hours ago.Just today, it has purchased 35,000 ETH (approximately 69.37 million USD).

According to Jinshi News, the Federal Reserve's meeting minutes show that more officials have eased their concerns about the labor market, while worries about inflation have increased. Most officials warned that progress in reducing inflation "may be slower and more uneven than generally expected," and believe that the risk of inflation remaining persistently above the Federal Reserve's 2% target "is significant." The market widely expects the Federal Reserve to remain on hold at next month's meeting.

According to Gate market data, the Nasdaq's increase has expanded to 1%, and Nvidia (NVDA.O) is currently up 2.54%.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, BitMine bought 20,000 ETH ($39.8 million) from BitGo again 2 hours ago.

According to Jinshi reports, the USD/JPY has risen above 154, with an intraday increase of 0.48%.

According to Coinglass data, the total open interest of ETH contracts across the network has increased by 5.6% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at $24.532 billion. Among them, Binance has an open interest of $5.281 billion, OKX has $1.703 billion, Bybit has $1.998 billion, and Gate has $2.837 billion.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Huang Licheng continues to increase and open new positions with the highest leverage despite suffering significant losses. Currently, his unrealized losses exceed 27.8 million USD.As of now, Huang Licheng's long positions include:Long ETH worth 13.08 million USD with 25x leverage;Long BTC worth 1.69 million USD with 40x leverage;Long HYPE worth 1.29 million USD with 10x leverage;Long VVV worth 38,000 USD with 3x leverage.